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<h2>The control function for gamlssMX</h2>


<h3>Description</h3>

<p>
The function sets controls for the <code>gamlssMX</code> function.
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<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>
MX.control(cc = 1e-04, n.cyc = 200, trace = FALSE, 
        seed = NULL, plot = TRUE, sample = NULL, ...)
</pre>


<h3>Arguments</h3>

<table summary="R argblock">
<tr valign="top"><td><code>cc</code></td>
<td>
convergent criterion for the EM</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><code>n.cyc</code></td>
<td>
number of cycles for EM</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><code>trace</code></td>
<td>
whether to  print the EM iterations</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><code>seed</code></td>
<td>
a number for setting the seeds for starting values</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><code>plot</code></td>
<td>
whether to plot the sequence of global deviance up to convergence</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><code>sample</code></td>
<td>
how large the sample to be in the starting values</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><code>...</code></td>
<td>
for extra arguments</td></tr>
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<h3>Value</h3>

<p>
Returns a list</p>

<h3>Author(s)</h3>

<p>
Mikis Stasinopoulos and Bob Rigby
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<h3>References</h3>

<p>
Rigby, R. A. and  Stasinopoulos D. M. (2005). Generalized additive models for location, scale and shape,
(with discussion), <EM>Appl. Statist.</EM>, <B>54</B>, part 3, pp 507-554.
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<p>
Stasinopoulos D. M., Rigby R.A. and Akantziliotou C. (2003) Instructions on how to use the GAMLSS package in R.
Accompanying documentation in the current GAMLSS  help files, (see also  <a href="http://www.gamlss.com/">http://www.gamlss.com/</a>).
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<h3>See Also</h3>

<p>
<code><a onclick="findlink('gamlss', 'gamlss.html')" style="text-decoration: underline; color: blue; cursor: hand">gamlss</a></code>, <code><a href="gamlssMX.html">gamlssMX</a></code>, <code><a href="gamlssMX.html">gamlssMXfits</a></code>
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